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| custom:atcodes [2021/04/04 04:22] – [Terminal Information / Control] Add GETKEY, WAIT and CONTINUE codes digital man | custom:atcodes [2021/04/04 22:01] – [Message Variables (@-codes)] Also called @-Variables (e.g. in PCBoard manual) digital man |
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| ====== Message Variables (@-codes) ====== | ====== Message Variables (@-codes) ====== |
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| Synchronet sysop-posted messages, text and menu files, and some lines in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[text.dat]]'' file may contain special //Message Variables//, also called //@-codes// ("at codes", some BBS authors and sysops refer to these types of codes as "@ Macros" or "MCI codes"((and not because of the defunct phone company))). @-codes may also be displayed using the ''bbs.atcode()'' JavaScript method. | Synchronet sysop-posted messages, text and menu files, and some lines in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[text.dat]]'' file may contain special //Message Variables//, also called //@-codes// ("at codes", some BBS authors and sysops refer to these types of codes as "@ Macros" or "@ Variables" or "MCI codes"((and not because of the defunct phone company))). @-codes may also be displayed using the ''bbs.atcode()'' [[JavaScript]] method. |
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| @-codes are called such because they begin and end with the ''@'' (ASCII 64) ("at") character. The code names themselves (sandwiched between the @'s) must be entered using only ''UPPERCASE'' letters. Some additional symbols and numbers may also be included in the @-code, but never a space. | @-codes are called such because they begin and end with the ''@'' (ASCII 64) ("at") character. The code names themselves (sandwiched between the @'s) must be entered using only ''UPPERCASE'' letters. Some additional symbols and numbers may also be included in the @-code, but never a space. |
